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The divorce capital of the world : has no fault divorce really made England even more attractive?
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Much as I would like to believe that the recent change bringing in no fault divorce would be a factor in parties considering a divorce in England & Wales, many of the big money cases involving foreign nationals that occupy the High Court judges are realistically heard here because the weaker financial party hopes that they will achieve a more generous settlement. The focus on achieving a higher financial settlement than might be achieved in another country's courts inevitably raises the stakes, and therefore the temperature of the situation.
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